‘Halo’ TV Series Drops Full Trailer, Targets March Debut
Live-action Master Chief is here… almost. Paramount+ has finally dropped the full Halo trailer, which teases a galactic conflict and alien mysteries.
The series, originally prepped at Showtime, moved to Paramount+ last year and is now spearheading the streamer’s slate of original content for 2022. That might translate into a budget bump if the show is renewed, which is likely at this point, as the company isn’t exactly brimming with franchiseable IPs right now outside of Star Trek and the upcoming Transformers projects; Halo definitely sounds like something that could bring in subscribers and help sell the platform during its first steps into a crowded market.
An elegant but brief teaser trailer debuted during December 10’s Game Awards ceremony, but diehard Halo fans and newcomers (the recent release of Halo Infinite has helped too) have been patiently awaiting a meatier preview with some action shots and an outline of the show’s plot, which plans to deviate from the video games’ storyline — a “Silver Timeline” has been created to support a fresh narrative that remixes story beats and elements from the games without worrying about straying too far from the established canon.
Without further delay, check out the first full trailer below:
Find the Halo, win the war. March 24 @ParamountPlus #HaloTheSeries pic.twitter.com/u930ruxTBu
— Halo on Paramount+ (@HaloTheSeries) January 30, 2022
There’s plenty of good stuff in this preview — plus an overall solid and expensive enough visual approach to the games’ sci-fi vistas, characters, and technology — to feel optimistic about Halo, but most fans may want to keep their expectations in check, since video game adaptations, outside of animated productions such as Arcane: League of Legends, have been a tough nut to crack so far, with few stories of relative success. Nonetheless, plenty of live-action video game films and TV series are currently in development. Let’s hope Halo and HBO’s The Last of Us usher in a new era for this type of projects.
Pablo Schreiber stars in the series as Master Chief, the iconic main character in the games, a super soldier created as part of the Spartan–II program to turn the tide against the Covenant, a theocratic hegemony made up of multiple alien species. He’s joined by Natascha McElhone, Jen Taylor (reprising her role from the games as the AI Cortana), Bokeem Woodbine, Shabana Azmi, Bentley Kalu, Natasha Culzac, Kate Kennedy, Danny Sapani, Olive Gray, and Charlie Murphy.
The series is being produced by Showtime with 343 Industries, the video game developer behind the first-person shooter franchise originally created by Bungie. Amblin Television is also producing, with Steven Spielberg, Darryl Frank, and Justin Falvey serving as executive producers. Otto Bathurst and Toby Leslie executive produce for One Big Picture, with Bathurst (Peaky Blinders, His Dark Materials) also directing multiple episodes. Killen and Scott Pennington executive produce for Chapter Eleven, with Kane also executive producing. Kiki Wolfkill, Frank O’Connor, and Bonnie Ross serve as executive producers on behalf of 343 Industries.
Halo premieres on March 24, 2022, only on Paramount Plus, which hasn’t expanded worldwide yet. Release plans for countries without access to the service are unclear at this point.
Francisco J. Ruiz is that guy who has watched Jurassic Park a thousand times and loves Star Wars. His hunger for movies is only matched by his love for video games. He graduated in English Studies from the University of Malaga, in Spain. As he keeps writing about what he enjoys (and doesn’t) for websites all over, he’s continuing his studies.
